Shirt-waist holder.



` .1. L. MOPADDEN.

SHIRT WAIST HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25, 1908.

946,641, i Patented Jan. 18,1910.

- juz/ IDA L. MOFADDEN, OF RENO, NEVADA.

SHIRT-WAIST HOLDER.

Specication of 'Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1s, 1910.

Application led April 25, 1908. Serial No. 429,266.

To all whom 'tt 'may concern:

Be it vknown that I, IDA L. MCFADDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reno, in Washoe county, and State of Nevada, have invented a Certain Article of fearing-Apparel .to be Known as a Shirt- IVaist Holder.

My invention relates to shirt waist holding belts.

The present invention has for its object the provision of a shirt waist holding belt of novel construction, adapted to be'wornl around the lower edge of a ladys shirt waist and concealed by the outer skirt, which will be so constructed that it will firmly hold the lower edge of the shirt waist in position and prevent -it from becoming displaced upwardly.

IVith this object in View, the invention consists of a belt composed, first, of an inner stripof elastic material having its lower edge ofnovel conformation and its inner face corrugated or roughened, in connection with`an outer facing, and means for taking up or yletting out said belt; second, in the provision of a front retaining plate of novel construction to which the belt ends are connected, whereby the front part of the belt is retained in proper position to prevent the shirt waist rising, and a neat appearance of the lady`s garment is obtained; and, third, the provision of fastening plates of novel construction disposed at a plurality of points on the rear part of the belt adapted to engage it with the garment and assistl in its retention in lproper position.

The 'invention is sef forth in detail hereinafter andthe novel features are recited in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1 isa perspective view of the complete belt; Fig. 2, is a detail showingone of the fastening plates and hook and a portion of the belt; and Fig. 3, an edge view of the front fastening plate. Fig. 4 is a side view of one of the rear hooked plates.

Thebelt proper is composed of an inner elastic strip l of rubber, and an outer cloth tape 2, which are firmly adhered. The inner face 3 of the elastic Strip or tape l is provided with corrugations which cause the device to be securely retained in position around the shirt waist, the lower ends' of` said elastic tape l being provided' with serrations or teeth 4 which extend below the lower edge of the cloth tape 2 and by their engagement with the loose lower edge of the shirt waist and the inner face of the outer skirt, prevent movement of the, belt around the waist of the wearer and upward movement of thefshirt waist and, being elastic or flexible, these teeth conform to the garments and insure retention thereof and of theA belt in the position to which the belt was origi nally adjusted. At the front of the belt there is a plate 5 of some suitably stiff material to which the belt ends are secured by being passed through slots 6 therein and vbrorght back upon themselves and sewed orotterwise fasl'ened. The plate 5 has an outwardly facing hook 7 at its upper end which is adapted to extend over the upper edge of the outer skirt and prevent dropping or downward movement of said belt or rising of the skirt at the front, and the lowei end of said plate is provided with divergent needle points or prongs 8, f:. cing inwardly, which are adapted to engage with the cori-:et and prevent rising of the belt. Tl e belt 'is made adjustable by the interposition of a buckle 9 therein adjacent the plate but said buckle could be placed at any suitable position.

Secured to the cloth tape 2 at a plurality of points on the rear part of the belt are plates provided with needle pointed hooks or prongs 10 and l1 which extend outwardly and upwardly and are adapted to engage 'with the outer Skirt and assist in retaining 

